Elany

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Elany by the numbers

Elany was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Elany

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Elany. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Elanenthusiasm; liveliness; spirited vigor142 in the US (2017)
  • Elanaoak tree; variant of Ilana127 in the US (2017)
  • Elenybright light; a form of Helen10 in the US (2017)
  • Elani73 in the US (2017)
  • Eliany33 in the US (2017)
  • Evany24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Elany

Names that are said the same way as Elany, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Elenibright, shining; a form of Helen65 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Eleniebright, shining; a form of Helen3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Elanie32 in the US (2017)
  • Ellanie19 in the US (2017)
  • Ellenie9 in the US (2017)
  • Eloni8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Elany

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